Meta-learning approach to learn interpretable models from human feedback.
problem Tackling the challenge of making machine learning models interpretable.
method A meta-learning approach where a model of non-trivial proxies of human interpretability is learned from human feedback, then incorporated into the ML training process to optimize for interpretability.
result The approach leads to formulas that are either significantly more or equally accurate while being more interpretable.
Proposes a model to interpret complex ML algorithms.
problem Complex ML models are hard to interpret.
method Uses model-based regression trees and interpretable main-effects models.
result Surrogate model provides interpretable results with good predictive performance.
Framework evaluates post-hoc interpretability methods in time-series classification.
problem Lack of suitable post-hoc interpretability methods for time-series classification.
method Proposes a framework with quantitative metrics to assess interpretability methods.
result Addresses several drawbacks of existing methods, including dependence on human judgement and data distribution shift.
Deep learning interpretation is essential to explain the reasoning behind model predictions. Understanding the robustness of interpretation methods is important especially in sensitive domains such as medical applications since interpretation results are often used in downstream tasks. Although gradient-based saliency …
We propose to use boosted regression trees as a way to compute human-interpretable solutions to reinforcement learning problems. Boosting combines several regression trees to improve their accuracy without significantly reducing their inherent interpretability. Prior work has focused independently on reinforcement lear…
Improving the interpretability of brain decoding approaches is of primary interest in many neuroimaging studies. Despite extensive studies of this type, at present, there is no formal definition for interpretability of brain decoding models. As a consequence, there is no quantitative measure for evaluating the interpre…
VALC provides concept-level interpretations of FLMs, overcoming word-level limitations.
problem Lack of higher-level structure interpretation in FLMs' attention weights.
method Formal definition of conceptual interpretation, variational Bayesian framework (VALC).
result VALC finds optimal language concepts for FLM predictions, providing concept-level interpretations.
Most of the work on interpretable machine learning has focused on designing either inherently interpretable models, which typically trade-off accuracy for interpretability, or post-hoc explanation systems, which lack guarantees about their explanation quality. We propose an alternative to these approaches by directly r…
We often desire our models to be interpretable as well as accurate. Prior work on optimizing models for interpretability has relied on easy-to-quantify proxies for interpretability, such as sparsity or the number of operations required. In this work, we optimize for interpretability by directly including humans in the …
Deep neural network models have been proven to be very successful in image classification tasks, also for medical diagnosis, but their main concern is its lack of interpretability. They use to work as intuition machines with high statistical confidence but unable to give interpretable explanations about the reported re…
Malware currently presents a number of serious threats to computer users. Signature-based malware detection methods are limited in detecting new malware samples that are significantly different from known ones. Therefore, machine learning-based methods have been proposed, but there are two challenges these methods face…
New framework learns interpretable rule ensembles without sacrificing accuracy.
problem Trade-off between accuracy and interpretability in rule ensembles.
method Introduces local interpretability and a regularizer to promote it, using coordinate descent with local search.
result Learns rule ensembles with fewer rules to explain individual predictions, maintaining comparable accuracy.
Develops interpretable low-dimensional kernels with conic discriminant functions.
problem Improving interpretability in kernel-based classification models.
method Gradually constructs simple feature maps leading to interpretable low-dimensional kernels.
result Obtains high accuracy results without extensive hyperparameter tuning.
Interpretable deep learning model for insurance pricing.
problem Developing transparent yet accurate insurance pricing models.
method Developed a novel deep learning model with interpretable components.
result The model outperforms traditional methods in prediction accuracy.
This paper optimizes clustering interpretability by balancing value and user-defined features.
problem Generating interpretable clusters in graph data.
method Proposes a β-interpretable clustering algorithm that ensures at least β fraction of nodes share the same feature value.
result Empirical demonstration of the benefits of the proposed approaches in generating interpretable clusters.
The paper examines how calibration affects the interpretability of ML models in diabetes screening.
problem Interpreting complex ML models in healthcare, especially in diabetes screening.
method Examined the impact of model calibration on interpretability using three visualization techniques.
result Calibrated models provide clearer cause-effect relationships in ML predictions.
Study on trade-offs between accuracy and interpretability in machine learning.
problem Lack of formal study on statistical cost of interpretability.
method Modeling interpretability as a constraint in empirical risk minimization for binary classification.
result Explains conditions under which accuracy trade-off occurs with interpretability constraints.
We ask whether the neural network interpretation methods can be fooled via adversarial model manipulation, which is defined as a model fine-tuning step that aims to radically alter the explanations without hurting the accuracy of the original models, e.g., VGG19, ResNet50, and DenseNet121. By incorporating the interpre…
Brain decoding is a popular multivariate approach for hypothesis testing in neuroimaging. It is well known that the brain maps derived from weights of linear classifiers are hard to interpret because of high correlations between predictors, low signal to noise ratios, and the high dimensionality of neuroimaging data. T…
GMT improves interpretability of XGNNs by approximating SubMT.
problem Limited understanding of existing interpretable subgraph learning methods.
method Formulated subgraph multilinear extension (SubMT) and designed GMT architecture.
result GMT outperforms state-of-the-art in both interpretability and generalizability.
Simplifies complex pricing models for better interpretability and revenue.
problem Complex pricing models are hard to interpret and not widely adopted.
method Model distillation to create interpretable pricing policies.
result Maximizes revenue while maintaining interpretability.
LIBRE learns interpretable Boolean rules from data.
problem Creating interpretable classifiers in imbalanced settings.
method Ensemble of weak learners on random feature subsets, combined with a simple union.
result Efficiently balances prediction accuracy and interpretability.
Interprets deep learning models for rough volatility pricing.
problem Lack of interpretability in deep learning models for financial models.
method Detailed analysis of neural network learned inverse map between rough volatility model parameters and implied volatilities.
result Provides insights into neural network outputs for rough volatility models.
Study finds machine learning interpretations are often unstable and unreliable.
problem Reliability of machine learning interpretations in high-stakes domains.
method Stability study on global interpretations using tabular data.
result Popular interpretation methods are frequently unstable, less stable than predictions, and not associated with prediction accuracy.
This paper presents an automated approach for interpretable feature recommendation for solving signal data analytics problems. The method has been tested by performing experiments on datasets in the domain of prognostics where interpretation of features is considered very important. The proposed approach is based on Wi…
Machine-generated interpretations do not improve users' guessing accuracy in image classifiers.
problem Determining the usefulness of machine-generated explanations for deep neural networks.
method Human evaluation of crowd workers guessing incorrectly predicted labels with and without visual interpretations.
result Showing machine-generated visual interpretations decreased average guessing accuracy by about 10%.
MRTL learns interpretable spatial patterns efficiently.
problem Efficient and interpretable spatial analysis in various fields.
method Multiresolution Tensor Learning (MRTL) algorithm.
result 4~5x speedup with accurate and interpretable latent factors.
New method interprets multivariate time series for better results.
problem Difficulty in applying traditional methods to multivariate time series.
method Alternative representation of multivariate time series through features.
result Competitive and interpretable results achieved.
Federated Learning is introduced to protect privacy by distributing training data into multiple parties. Each party trains its own model and a meta-model is constructed from the sub models. In this way the details of the data are not disclosed in between each party. In this paper we investigate the model interpretation…
Model interpretability is a requirement in many applications in which crucial decisions are made by users relying on a model's outputs. The recent movement for "algorithmic fairness" also stipulates explainability, and therefore interpretability of learning models. And yet the most successful contemporary Machine Learn…
WISCA generates consensus explanations from conflicting model-agnostic interpretability methods.
problem Conflicting explanations from diverse interpretability algorithms.
method WISCA integrates class probability and normalized attributions to generate consistent explanations.
result WISCA consistently aligns with the most reliable individual method, improving explanation reliability.
Interpretable machine-learning models can be unstable under multicollinearity, leading to oscillatory weights that do not reflect meaningful contributions.
problem Interpretable machine-learning models can be unstable under multicollinearity.
method Theoretical analysis of eigenmodes of the feature correlation matrix.
result Small-eigenvalue modes associated with multicollinearity amplify fluctuations in the weights and generate oscillatory patterns that do not necessarily reflect meaningful contributions.
Interpretable machine learning has become a strong competitor for traditional black-box models. However, the possible loss of the predictive performance for gaining interpretability is often inevitable, putting practitioners in a dilemma of choosing between high accuracy (black-box models) and interpretability (interpr…
AxNN improves model interpretability without sacrificing predictive power.
problem Black-box nature of machine learning models hinders interpretation and explanation.
method AxNN combines ensembles of generalized additive model networks and additive index models.
result AxNN achieves both good predictive performance and model interpretability.
Paper proposes a new method to evaluate AI model interpretability in bond default prediction.
problem Lack of standardized method to assess inherent interpretability of AI models.
method Uses LIME and SHAP to assess feature contributions in bond default prediction.
result Consistent results with intuitive understanding of model interpretability.
B-cos transforms improve neural network interpretability by aligning weights.
problem Improving interpretability of deep neural networks.
method Replacing linear transforms with B-cos transforms that promote weight-input alignment during training.
result B-cos transforms lead to highly interpretable and task-relevant linear summaries of neural network computations.
AWD distills neural network info into interpretable wavelets.
problem Imbalanced interpretability and efficiency in deep learning models.
method Adaptive wavelet distillation (AWD) penalizes neural network attributions in wavelet domain.
result AWD yields a concise, efficient, and interpretable model.
Empirical study shows interpretable gradients improve adversarial robustness.
problem Connecting adversarial robustness and model interpretability.
method Introduced Interpretation Regularization (IR) to encourage interpretable gradients.
result Training models to have interpretable gradients improves adversarial robustness.
We interpret part of the experimental results of Shwartz-Ziv and Tishby [2017]. Inspired by these results, we established a conjecture of the dynamics of the machinary of deep neural network. This conjecture can be used to explain the counterpart result by Saxe et al. [2018].
POLAR framework interprets word embeddings using polar opposites.
problem Lack of interpretability in pre-trained word embeddings.
method Adopt semantic differentials and polar opposites to transform embeddings.
result Interpretable word embeddings maintain performance comparable to original embeddings.
Improved DSSMs for easier interpretable latent variables.
problem Complex and hard-to-interpret latent variables in DSSMs.
method Simplified predictive decoder and shrinkage priors.
result Interpretable latent variables improve forecasting performance.
Locally adaptive interpretable regression improves linear regression's predictability.
problem Linear regression's predictability is limited; it lacks adaptability.
method Locally adaptive interpretable regression (LoAIR) uses neural networks to predict percentile of a Gaussian distribution for regression coefficients.
result LoAIR achieves comparable or better predictive performance than state-of-the-art baselines.
XDeep is an open-source Python package developed to interpret deep models for both practitioners and researchers. Overall, XDeep takes a trained deep neural network (DNN) as the input, and generates relevant interpretations as the output with the post-hoc manner. From the functionality perspective, XDeep integrates a w…
State of the art machine learning algorithms are highly optimized to provide the optimal prediction possible, naturally resulting in complex models. While these models often outperform simpler more interpretable models by order of magnitudes, in terms of understanding the way the model functions, we are often facing a …
Automated feature engineering improves interpretable models without manual work.
problem Lack of interpretability in complex models causes trust and stability issues.
method Use elastic black-box models to create simpler, interpretable glass-box models.
result Extracted features from complex models improve linear model performance.
In order for machine learning to be deployed and trusted in many applications, it is crucial to be able to reliably explain why the machine learning algorithm makes certain predictions. For example, if an algorithm classifies a given pathology image to be a malignant tumor, then the doctor may need to know which parts …
Bayesian explanations are more resilient to adversarial attacks than deterministic ones.
problem Stability of saliency-based explanations under adversarial attacks in Neural Networks.
method Empirical and theoretical analysis of Bayesian vs deterministic Neural Networks.
result Bayesian explanations are more stable under adversarial perturbations and direct attacks.
A new model combines diffusion and random features for better interpretability and comparable performance.
problem Lack of theoretical justification and computational expense in diffusion models, and limited interpretability in random feature models.
method Developed a deep random feature model inspired by diffusion models, derived generalization bounds using score matching.
result The model achieves comparable performance to fully connected neural networks and provides theoretical generalization bounds.